grasset
\ɡʁa.sɛ\
The verdict
“grasset” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,879. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,879
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est un peu gras.
Corpus desk
Index FR-grasset · grasset · French
grasset · rank #23,879 · 9 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-MID #23,879
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH grappe
Nearest frequency peer: grappe (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « grasset »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- Ginette
Ginette
76,125 corpus weight
- gingembre
gingembre
76,124 corpus weight
- grappe
grappe
76,123 corpus weight
- grasset
grasset
76,122 corpus weight
- griefs
griefs
76,121 corpus weight
- gueux
gueux
76,120 corpus weight
What this shows « grasset » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | grasset |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɡʁa.sɛ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #23,879 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « grasset »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around grasset (IPA \ɡʁa.sɛ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #23,879 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui est un peu gras.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for grasset, with forms such as "garsset", "ggrasset", and "grasest". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "grosse", "grosses", "grossit", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is grasset, spelled G-R-A-S-S-E-T.
Definition
- 1Qui est un peu gras.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how grasset appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quant à son corps, il n’était ni trop gras ni trop maigre, les épaules droites et polies, les flancs étroits, les hanches basses, les pieds blancs et voûtés, les bras longs et gros, les mains blanches et grassettes.
– Ça, on peut le dire, ajouta l’une des employées, petite, grassette, avec une coiffure en battant-l’œil.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- garsset
- ggrasset
- grasest
- graset
- grassett
- grasste
- grrasset
- grsaset
- rgasset
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of grasset - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "grasset", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).